At the time of Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604), the “Antiphonale Missarum sextuplex” offered truly Marian antiphons such as the antiphon for the offertory of the 4th Sunday in Advent, “Ave Maria gratia plena.”   Ave Maria, gratia plena. Dominus tecum, benedicta you in muliéribus, and benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.   Translation:  

The apparition at Pontmain is in some ways one of the most popular and most limpid of Marian apparitions due to its harmonious simplicity and brevity. The Story of the Apparition It was winter and France was at war. The Prussian troops were winning against those of Napoleon III. On September 19, 1870, they began the siege of Paris and on January 12, 1871, they started marching towards the west. The invaders were nearing Laval, just 50 miles south ...

Situated in the Balkans, in Central Europe, lying at the confluence of the East and the West, Bosnia is a free state under the name of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina (now known as the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina) that became independent after a bloody war in February 1992, during the dismantling of the former Yugoslavia which had been under the yoke of an atheistic communist regime. This former regime has disintegrated today.  

For this feast, the Church invites us to receive divine wisdom: the suffering of the world, madness and scandal, all become, in the Blood of Christ, a cry of love and the seed of glory for all of us. The prayer of the day:   “You wanted, Lord, that all men may be saved by the Cross of your Son; having known from of this mystery here on earth may we taste the benefits ...

The Solemnity of the Holy Sacrament emphasizes the presence of Christ among us in the Eucharist. His presence shall last until the end of time. His presence transforms the world. It is not only the memory of Christ, on the contrary, we actually worship God in the Holy Sacrament and we speak to him as a friend who lives among us.   At the beginning of the Eucharist, there is Mary Jesus, the Son of God, became ...

John Paul II tell :   For me, St Louis Grignion de Montfort is a significant person of reference who has enlightened me at important moments in life. (…) By relating the Mother of Christ to the Trinitarian mystery, Montfort helped me to understand that the Virgin belongs to the plan of salvation, by the Father's will, as the Mother of the incarnate Word, who was conceived by her through the power of the Holy Spirit.(...) I ...

[Translate to EN (English):] Gietrzwald se situe au nord de la Pologne, sur la route d’Olsztyn à Ostroda et il y a une gare à Biesal, à 5 km. A  Gietrzwald, la première église en bois date de 1352 et l’église gothique date de 1500. En 1568, elle est dédiée à la Nativité de la Vierge Marie. Le point important de l’histoire de Gietrzwald est une apparition de la sainte Vierge Marie, en 1877, alors ...

One day in 1664, in southeastern France (60 miles southeast of Grenoble), a humble, unschooled, 17 year-old girl named Benoite or Benedicta Rencurel saw an incredibly beautiful Lady standing on a rock, holding a no less beautiful Child in her arms. The "dazzling" lady did not speak to Benedicta, but smiled in a very friendly way and after a few minutes she disappeared with her Child.   At the end of September 1664, the apparition revealed her identity—Mary the mother of Jesus—and then she ...

La Salette (diocese of Grenoble, France): The Apparition Only one apparition took place, on September 19, 1846, in the French Alps on the mountain of La Salette. The seers were two young shepherds from the small Alpine village called Corps, Melanie Calvat (14 years-old) and Maximin Giraud (11 years-old). First, a silent message: The Virgin was ...

[Translate to EN (English):] (Diocèse de Namur)   Beauraing, hiver 1932-1933. Un événement exceptionnel. Dans un contexte exceptionnel. Une époque froide et noire. Les prémices du drame de la seconde guerre mondiale. Une lumière apparaît dans la nuit.   La Vierge au cœur d’or A 33 reprises, du 29 novembre au 3 janvier, la Vierge Marie apparaît à cinq enfants : Fernande, Gilberte et Albert Voisin (respectivement ...